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Izhaan's pov
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I drove as fast as I could after I received the call. My blood boiled as I entered the shabby place. I checked the time again, it was way past midnight.
I felt even angrier when I took in the place, it was littered with drug addicts.
I got down my car and searched for any familiar face, my eyes landed on Shaurya. I marched towards him
"Shaurya" I called
"Hey Izhaan" he said
"Thanks for calling me yaar! Where is she?" I asked
"She is here only. Dude! I don't know who she is to you, but that girl is trouble. She was in the car going for the race, when I inquired about why she was here? She said she had no idea that the race was illegal. There's one more girl with her. Thank god I was here and recognised her, if there was any other officer she would have been in jail by now"
I felt so so ashamed
"I apologise to you!" I said genuinely.
"Don't embarrass me! What are friends for! But you have to control her, I won't be there all the time to save her"
"I understand. Thank you again for calling me. Is it ok if I take her from here?"
"Yeah please! They both can go now"
He told me in which room she was. I was raged, this is just too much. She has crossed all the limits this time. I angrily marched towards where she was.
I entered the room and quickly spotted her, she was sitting on a chair, she looked so chilled out, there was not even a faint trace of a frown on her forehead, while the other girl she was with, looked panicked, she was pacing.
The other girl said something which I couldn't hear clearly, then she spoke
"We are not getting arrested, there is nothing money can't buy"
Wow! What a great mentality!
"Oh Shut up Reem, money will not always save us" the girl replied.
She seemed like a sensible person.
"Believe me, it will always save us, my dear Gabbar" stupid girl stayed stuck to her idiotic thoughts. I should make an entry.
I walked towards her, our eyes met. And the coolness which was there on her face a minute ago was replaced by fear. She looked scared now. I was feeling pleased with myself, it was good to see how afraid she was of me.
"Shit" she said in a low tone, but I heard her clearly.
I went straight to her, I grabbed her arm roughly and pulled her up on her feet
"Chalo (let's go)" I said angrily and pulled her towards me
"Leave her hand" her friend, Gabbar spoke
"This is Izhaan" Reem told her, and suddenly her expressions changed from anger to relief
"Oh! You are Izhaan! Thank god you are here. The police are going to arrest us, trust me we didn't know it was illegal. Please save us" she requested, Reem opened her mouth to say something but closed it back immediately when I glared at her.
"I took care of it. Nobody is going to arrest you or Reem, don't worry" I assured her, she smiled widely, "now let's go" i said to her, she crossed her arms at her chest and looked away
"Reem chalo (let's go)" her friend dragged her.
We reached my car, I let Reem's hand go.
"Sit" I ordered
"I can't. I have to get my bike" Reem spoke. I looked at her sighing deeply
"Forget it" her friend said
"But.." she said stubbornly
"Get in the car" I repeated myself, she stormed her foot but sat in the car nevertheless
"Please" I motioned her friend to sit, she nodded and sat quickly
I am pretty sure Reem must have got her stuck in this mess, poor girl looked terrorised.
I was walking towards the driving seat, just then something hit my foot, I looked down and saw beer bottles scattered around, along with cigarette buds. My anger grew even more looking at those things.
I wanted to scream at Reem, but her friend was there, so i bit my tongue
"Where should I drop you?" I asked her friends as I ignited the engine
"I am living in Reem's house as of now" she replied, I nodded my head and drove straight to her house.
I was trying to control my anger. All the incidents happening lately ran through my head.
Reem dancing on the table, in between all the drunk boys, I cringed when I remembered how she took off her jacket and threw in the air. Late night coffee, and that too so far from home. So called protest, and now this. All her deeds were playing in my head like a movie.
I stopped the car outside the house, her friend spoke
"Thank you so much Izhaan! You really have saved us even though I never expected our first meeting like this, but I would still say, it was nice meeting you"
"Same here. I wish we had met under better circumstances." I replied, she just nodded.
Both of them were about to get out of the car, but I held Reem's hand to stop her.
"I have to talk with Reem in private, if you don't mind" I said
"Not at all" she said and within a few seconds she was gone. After she left I brought all my attention to Reem, I was staring at her in anger, she was fidgeting with her phone, it irritated me, I snatched it from her hand and threw it on the dashboard
"What the..." She shouted
"What were you doing there? You have really gone too far tonight" I asked her in a high tone, my voice was dripping off anger
"Tell me! Why did you go there? For how long have you been going there?" I shouted
"It was the first time I went there" she said, then she told me about the bike race, then some guy lost it, and then he challenged hrr to win the car race, so she went there with him. By the time she was done explaining my eyes were wide in disbelief
"If there was any award being given by the government for being so stupid, you'd definitely win it every year. You are really dumb." I scoffed, she glared at me
"I told you that I didn't know it was illegal, that guy didn't tell that part" she said trying to prove she wasn't at fault. It made me so annoyed
"Well it just showed how dumb you are, anyone will call you anywhere and you will go" she sighed deeply and turned to open the door
"I'm not done talking" I stopped her from leaving, she just sat looking bored
"You have made me so embarrassed in front of Shaurya" I snapped at her
"Shaurya who?" She asked, I rolled my eyes
"The one who saved you from going to the jail, twice. Because of me, that day at school and tonight also, he called me to inform me that you were at the race"
"Are you stalking me?"
"What? Stalking?"
"Everywhere I go you are there, it can't be a coincidence all the time" she looked at me with accused eyes
"Unbelievable! Instead of realising your mistake, you are accusing me of stalking. You better mend your ways right now, or else I will really have to start stalking you" I warned her
"I'm not scared of you. Izhaan" we both stared at each other, both looked too arrogant to turn the gaze
"When I will tell dadi and she will call you. You will be scared" i said and that made her look away, she finally looked nervous, i smirked at my victory
"Consider it as my final warning! Now, get out of my car" I said, she huffed and opened the door, I could hear her cursing, she really has a very dirty mouth.
She closed the door with a loud bang. I was afraid she would break it.
God! Where have you got me stuck!
I drove straight home.
I parked the car, got down quickly, i opened the house with the key, it was quite late now, I didn't want to disturb anyone. I was entering the house discreetly when suddenly the light turned on, it startled me.
"Where are you coming so late?" A voice asked, I turned around, and rolled my eyes when I found Athar standing there.
"Can you not be so loud? And please switch off the late, you will wake up everyone" I said
"I saw you sneaking out, where did you go?" He crossed his arms at his chest
"Sorry mother! I was in a hurry, I couldn't take your permission" I said sarcastically, he chuckled
"It's ok beta! You can tell me now. Where did you go?" He asked.
Athar is too nosey. He always wants to find out everything.
Without answering him I came to my room, but he is not the one who gave up easily, he followed me
"I'm waiting" he said, I let out an annoyed groan
"Fine!" I said, then i explained to him the whole situation, his mouth grew wide in shock
"This girl is impossible" he exclaimed
"Tell me about it" I scoffed.
"I'm telling you, please tell the truth to dadi, let her see the real face of her beloved Reem. I don't know why our family is so fond of her, they can't see any flaw in her"
"Even I don't understand, why maa and dadi are always praising her"
"That is why buddy, you need to let them know the truth. I know it will hurt them, but at least you will be saved"
"I can't! I really can't."
"Then you show more authority on her, change her company, she hangs out with a bunch of bimbos"
"The girl with her tonight seemed sensible, in fact I quite liked her. She is very different from her, she is staying in her house"
"Reem has a sensible friend? It sounds like a joke to me" he chuckled dryly
"I am telling you this one is different"
"What's her name?"
"I don't know. But Reem called her Gabbar"
"Gabbar? Very sensible" he shook his head.
"By the way, why did you tell dadi and maa that there's a girl in your life? Because I'm sure as hell, there's none" he gave me a smug smile
"It was a lie"
"I know that, but why?"
"Just to get them off my back, you know what they did to me"
"Yeah that was quite funny" I laughed
"Funny my foot" he scoffed, "jokes aside Izhaan! Deal with this Reem situation, I don't like this girl one bit"
"We'll see about her later. You go now I need to sleep"
"Can I sleep in your room tonight?"
"Why?"
"Just like that" he grinned goofily.
"Get out Athar" I pointed at the door
"Fine" he stomped his foot like a kid and left.
Who can believe he is a mature man!
My head was hurting because of all the drama I faced today. I changed my clothes, took an aspirin, I dozed off the moment my head hit the pillow.
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Ayesha's pov
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I woke up and found Reem sleeping beside me, I recalled last night. She stopped to talk with Izhaan by the time she would have returned, I must have fallen asleep
I freshened up and went downstairs to find something to eat. I found a maid in the kitchen, i told her to make a cheese omelette along with garlic toast.
I sat on the dining table and poured myself some cranberry juice, i was sipping on the juice while scrolling on Instagram when I heard a voice
"Good morning beta" I looked up and found aunty grinning ear to ear at me
"Good morning" I gave a weak smile
"You wake up so early, how impressive!" She said, I looked at the time which showed 12:45. I don't understand her drama with me
"Yeah! Quite impressive!" I taunted. She settled next to me
"Would you like to eat something?" She asked
"I've already told the maid" I told her and brought my attention back to my phone, I felt her eyes at me.
"What?" I raised my eyebrows at her
"I feel so proud when I look at you! Look at you coming so far away from home to chase your dream, you work so hard in spite of the fact that your father is filthy rich. On the other hand there is Reem, only motive in her life is to spend her dad's money" she shook her head in disgust, I clenched my fist in anger
"Not really Reem's fault! Dad ke paas ubalta hua Paisa hai, kab tak aap akele kharch karengi, kisi na kisi ko to apki help karni hogi na (Dad has got pouring money, till when you are going to spend it on your own, someone has to help you in it)" I taunted her, momentarily her face fell, then her stupid smile returned
"Nice joke!" She laughed
The food was ready, the maid came and put the plate in front of me, I quickly devoured it, totally ignoring the pest sitting next to me
"Do you have a boyfriend?" She asked, I looked at her in wide eyes
"Excuse me!"
"Don't get me wrong, i was just asking about your plan to get married" her question made me angry, before I could reply Reem came
"Wassup Gabbar" she dropped next to me and took a bite from my plate, she picked up my glass to take a sip but stopped when I spoke
"Nothing baby! Aunty is just asking me if I have a boyfriend, and what are my plans about the marriage" I said, she frowned
"Huh?" She looked at her
"I was just concerned" aunty shrugged
"You really don't have to, it's really not your place" Reem said with narrowed eyes, without saying a word, she got up and walked off
"How do you tolerate her?" I asked Reem, she just shrugged
"Why don't you tell everyone about your NGO? She thinks you just waste the money" I complain
"Who cares what she thinks" she took another bite
"Baby I seriously think, you should tell, dad at least" she stiffened, but then she pretended to be ok. But from the way she pushed away the plate i could guess that something upset her.
"Are you hiding anything from me?" I asked
"No! Why would I?" She replied
I knew she was lying, but I didn't really press on the topic, I thought that the best would be to let it go for now, I will soon find the truth. Noticing her uneasiness I decided to change the topic
"Last night was fun! Except for that part" i said, she glared at me
"What?"
"Why did you have to thank izhaan, it looked like you were so grateful to him for showing up"
"Because I was real. You are not understanding we were in serious trouble, he really saved the day for us"
"I don't know how he got there in the first place, this guy drives me crazy. Zuhan and other kids were complaining about not getting enough time for themselves as they are always busy with their homework, even Sheena aunty said that school is giving too much work, so I went there to talk with the principal, but he didn't want to talk about it, one thing led to the other. Even there he showed up, be it club, or a mall, or school, or some stupid race, he is always there, it's frustrating. Last night he threatened he would tell dadi"
"He wouldn't do it"
"I hope so."
I have a very mixed opinion about this Izhaan, from the way Reem explained he seemed so evil, but he was something else in person.
One thing looked a little weird to me, izhaan looked so familiar, his face looked like someone.
The chain of my thoughts broke when my phone rang, I picked up to see who was calling, it was a video call from mumma, I answered immediately
Reem and I ended up chatting with mumma for two hours, after that we got ready and left the house, we had lunch, then we went to the orphanage.
Reem's so-called friends were calling her all day, but I didn't let her answer the calls. I hated both of them so much, greedy bitches.
It was night time now, we didn't want to go home, so we went to the club instead. It was an elite club of Delhi, only high class people could enter it.
My eyes wandered the moment we entered, reeking of alcohol disgusted my nostrils, but the choice of music impressed me, I didn't realise when my body started swaying.
We went to the dance floor, and danced our guts out. Sweaty bodies were rubbing against each other. I was feeling so hot, I took off my jacket and tied it around my waist.
"I gotta pee" Reem told me, "I'll be back soon"
"You want me to come with you?" I asked, she shook her head
Leaving me alone on the dance floor she walked away, I was so lost in my own world when I felt a guy holding my arm, i turned around and found an attractive looking guy staring at me, I smiled and started dancing with him, he held my hand and twirled me around, I spun, unfortunately I stumbled, I prepared myself for the fall, but a pair of arms held me.
I thought it was the guy who I was dancing with, but was hell shocked when an angry set of eyes came in my view.
"M.. Mr.. Mr K.. kh.. khan" I stammered
"Yes Ms Siddiqui!"
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"Why? Do you own this place, that I'm answerable to you" he snapped at me
"Jerk" I mumbled under my breath
"Come up with a new name, this one is getting older" he chuckled softly
"But it suits you" I said as a matter of factly, his eyes darkened and clouded with anger, he looked around then back at me, the way his eyes were judging my appearance, I felt a little conscious
"So, is this why you are always so late? Because you stay here till so late" his accusing tone irked me
"Firstly it's not even that late, it's just.." i said then i checked the time, "2 o'clock?" I shouted in disbelief, when did so much time pass?
"So be ready to write 2000 times tomorrow" he smirked, I just stared at him. He turned on his heel and left.
"Let's dance baby" the guy I was dancing with came and held my hand, I pushed him so hard that he fell
"Get lost" I shouted and left in search of Reem. My mood was badly spoilt because of the devil.
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Reem's POV
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My bladder felt like it was about to burst, somehow I managed to reach the washroom, but I rolled my eyes and stomped my foot when I saw a long queue.
After waiting for a minute I turned towards the gent's washroom, to hell with anything, I can't wet my pants and embarrass myself
It was surprisingly empty, why is the gent's washroom never crowded, don't they have a bladder?
I opened a cubicle and relaxed myself. When I opened the door to exit, some guy came infront of me
"Uhhh, it's the gent's washroom, right?" He asked
"Desperate times call for desperate measures" i shrugged, he laughed
"You are very cute" he said
"Thanks?" I didn't know what to say, "bye" I turned to leave, I opened the door to exit but stopped when he called
"Hey" I turned around while still holding the door
"Yeah?"
"May i know your name?" He asked, I nodded
"Reem?" It wasn't me who said it, I turned my face towards the person who just took my name, my eyes widened
"Izhaan? You got to be kidding me" I face palmed myself, he looked at me then at the guy behind me. I pushed him and walked outside, he came after me
"What were you doing there?" He asked, his face looked red
"What do we do in the washroom?" I asked arrogantly, he held my arms and pulled me to his chest, I gasped
"Who was that guy? And what were you doing with him?" He asked angrily
Oh so he misunderstood the situation, even though I'm not obliged to, but I still told him the truth.
"Every time I think you can't shock me anymore, you come up with something like this. Didn't I tell you no more night outs?" He shouted
"I was just.." he left me and moved back
"Enough! You have done enough now" he said angrily and left from there.
I just stood there dumbfounded.
"Where were you? I've been looking for you" Ayesha's voice brought me back to the reality
"Looks like I'm in deep shit now" i said
"Huh?" She frowned.
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